A well-known old man was being interviewed

题目内容：

A well-known old man was being interviewed (采访) and asked if it was correct that he had just celebrated his ninety-nine birthday.

“That’s right.” said the old man. “Ninety-nine years old, and I haven’t an enemy in the world. They’re all dead.”

“Well, sir.” said the interviewer, “I hope very much to have the honour of interviewing you on your hundredth birthday.”

The old man looked at the young man closely, and said, “I can’t see why you shouldn’t. you look fit and healthy to me!”

小题1: The old man said he had not an enemy in the world, which shows that he was a very .

A．friendly man—he never made any enemies

B．healthy man—he lived longer than

all his enemies

C．lucky man—his enemies had all died

D．terrible man—he had got rid of all his enemies小题2: When the interviewer said that he hoped very much to have the honor of interviewing the old man again the following year, .

A．he was trying to make the old man happy

B．he wished he himself would live another year

C．he did not believe the old man would live to be one hundred

D．he did not believe he would interview the old man again小题3: W

hen the old man said, “I can’t see why you shouldn’t”, what he meant was .

A．“You must try to live another year to interview me again next year”

B．“Of course you can see me again since you’re so fit and healthy”

C．“If I live to a hundred years, you should interview me again”

D．“Unless you live another year, you wouldn’t be able to interview me again”小题4: What kind of man would you say the old man was?

A．He was silly.

B．He was unpleasant

C．He was very proud and sure of his health.

D．He was very impolite to young people.

最佳答案：

BABC

答案解析：

略

考点核心：

人物传记类文章的文体特征：

人物传记是记叙文体的一种，主要描写某人的生平事迹、趣闻轶事、生活背景、个性特征、成长奋斗历程等，包含记叙文的时间、地点、人物、事件等要素。其特点是以时间的先后或事件的发展为主线，空间或逻辑线索贯穿文章始终，脉络清楚，可读性较强。